The fact that it's by ESR softens the blow. If he comes down on the side if your preferred language, you can be like "ESR's not as bad as i thought!", and if he come down on the other side, you can be like "oh well, it's only ESR!".
who is "esr" and why do you accuse them of such things?
edit: oh, the The Cathedral and the Bazaar dude. i saw a video about him that seemed to portray him well. but having found his blog... well... i can understand your sentiment.
